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D.C. CHINATOWN RESTORATION Every neighborhood undergoes transformations throughout its history. The use of an area and its population may change rapidly, while its buildings and structures remain relatively constant. A growing disparity between old buildings and new presents architectural challenges in preserving the buildings and revitalizing historic districts. In addition to providing modern amenities, architects must meet current building and life-safety codes. This can be difficult if one goal is to preserve the neighborhood's unique historic character.
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UNDERSTANDING FIGURE IN WOOD The term grain is often used erroneously to refer to the distinctive surface appearance of wood, especially that resulting from growth-ring structure. To avoid continued confusion with that already overworked word, we prefer the term figure to refer to distinctive or characteristic markings on longitudinal or side-grain surfaces of wood.
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More Building and Construction Mt Fuji Shows Signs of Erupting — Straits Times, 2004.0429African-America Museum Has $1 Million — Indianapolis Star, 2004.0429 Building in the Light — Guardian Unlimited, 2004.0428 Eden Project Architects for New Stansted Terminal — Scotsman Online, 2004.0428 IOC Relaxed as Athens Misses Roof Date — Reuters, 2004.0428 Defining Lake Tahoe Architecture — Tahoe Daily Tribune, 2004.0428 NY Ready for Another Hole in the Ground — New York Times, 2004.0428 A Bridge Too Familiar? — Manchester Online, 2004.0427 Home Builders and Lowe's Help Graduates Build Careers — National Association of Home Builders, 2004.0426 New Home Sales Post All Time Record In March — National Association of Home Builders, 2004.0426 Changes in Design Preceded Collapse of Casino Garage — New York Times, 2004.0425 Modernism the Next Generation — Herald Tribune, 2004.0425 Minimalist Oases in a Bustling Manhattan — New York Times, 2004.0423 For Athens, It's a Race to the Finish — China Daily, 2004.0422 Building Boom — Metro Active, 2004.0421 Architects: Grandest Metro Faces Collapse — Moscow Times, 2004.0421 City Protects Its East-West Architecture — China Daily, 2004.0421 Inches of Brilliance Enliven Terminal 1's Same Old, Same Old — Globe and Mail, 2004.0421 Lateral Thinking — U. K. Telegraph, 2004.0421 Architect Flags Up Plan to Finish 'Edinburgh's Disgrace' — Scotsman Online, 2004.0420 Nassau Unveiling Museum Expansion — Newsday, 2004.0420 GE Edison Offers New Halogen Lighting — GE Consumer & Industrial press release, 2004.0419 Absolutely Prefab — New York Times, 2004.0418 Schools and Libraries Confront Design Challenges — New York Times, 2004.0418 Amid the Giant Ad Signs, New Buildings Sprout — New York Times, 2004.0418 Ashes to Art — San Francisco Chronicle, 2004.0417 Brooklyn's Radiant New Art Palace — New York Times, 2004.0416 Judge: Museum Can Renovate Columbus Circle Building — New York Newsday, 2004.0416 MoMA's Makeover Ready for Unveiling — Times Leader, 2004.0416 Housing Starts and Building Permits Rise in March — National Association of Home Builders, 2004.0416 Treehouses Sprouting Up at Arboretum — Chicago Tribune, 2004.0415 Lightolier to Celebrate Centennial Anniversary — Lightolier press release, 2004.0409
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